Closure for jars or bottles.



No. 7|O,347. Patented'Sept. 30, I902. F. TYSON.

CLOSURE FOR JARS OR BOTTLES.

(Applicafion filed Apr. 21, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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FRANK TYSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN A.IIIGGONS, OF NEWARK, NEIV JERSEY.

CLOSURE FOR JARS "0R BOTTLES.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,347, datedSeptember 30, 1902. Application filed April 21, 1902. Serial No.103,988. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK TYSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Iennsylvania,have invented certainImprovements in Closures for Jars or Bottles, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to that class of jar or bottle closures whichconsist of disks'of paper or other material confined to the mouth of thejar or bottle by engagement with an inwardly projecting shoulder aroundsaid mouth, the object of my invention being to provide such a closurewith means whereby it can be readily removed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of part ofthe mouth portion of a jar or bottle with closure therefor made inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of saidclosure. Fig. 3 is an edge View of the same. Fig. 4 is a top View, andFig. 5 is an edge view, of a closure embodying a modification of myinvention.

The closure consists of a disk 1 of stilt paper, pasteboard, or otheravailable material coated with paraflin or otherwise treated, so as torender it waterproof, this disk resting upon a seat around the mouth ofthe jar or bottle and being retained in contact with said seat byengagement with an inwardly-projecting shoulder 2, surrounding the mouthin the usual manner. In order to provide for the ready withdrawal of thedisk from the mouth of the jar or bottle, I provide said disk with alooped cord 3, engaging with slots 4, extending inwardly from one edgeof the disk, as shown in Fig. 2, the bight of the loop being on theinside of the disk and the free ends of the cord projecting to anydesired extent above the top of the disk in order to afford a good holdfor the fingers. The slots 4 are beveled, as shown in Fig. 3, so thatthe tongue 5, produced by said slots, has a bearing along each side ofthe same upon the adjacent portions of the disk, whereby the strainexerted by the cord 3 is not concentrated at the root of the tongue, butis distributed throughout the entire extent of said tongue. Hence thelatter is not likely to be torn free from the disk when a pull isexerted upon the cord 3. In order to increase the area of the tongue 5and to prevent the accidental release of the cord 3, the slots l arepreferably inclined, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby said tongue is wider atthe-outer end than-at the root.

By the term cord as used in the specification I intend to cover either acord or strand of textile material or flexible wire or equivalentmaterial, the fact that the cord is tightly compressed where it passesthrough the slots 4 permitting of the use of textile material withoutany risk of leakage'of the contents of the bottle or jar.

In some cases a single slot 45* and a single cord 3, knotted at theinner end, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, may be used in place of the doubleslot and looped cord; but the latter is much to bepreferred because ofthe better hold of the cord upon the disk.

I am aware that it has been proposed to provide a bottle-cork with acord or Wire passing diametrically across the bottom of the same andthence upwardly through slots formed in diametrically opposite sides ofthe cork, the projecting rear ends of said cord or wire being utilizedas a means of extracting the cork from the bottle; but in such case thecork must be pulled bodily from the bottleneck, Whereas the pull-cord inmy stopper engages the same near one edge, which edge is first loosenedwhen there is a pull upon the cord. Hence the stopper can be releasedmore readily than if a direct central pull upon the 7 same were exerted,which would be resisted by the entire bearing of the disk against theshoulder around the jar-mouth.

I am aware also that a metallic strip or tape has been connected nearone edge in a flat disk of material constituting a jar or bottleclosure, and I therefore do not claim this idea, broadly, my inventionbeing intended to provide the disk with an extracting device of thesimplest and most inexpensive character and to combine the same with thedisk in such a way as not to add materially to the low price at whichclosures of this character are necessarily sold.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. A jar or bottle closure consisting of a disk havingone or more slits extending inwardly from the edge of the disk at oneside of the same, and a compressible cord passing through the slittedportion of the disk and having its bearing on the under side of the sameat the inner end of the slit or slits and adjacent to the edge of thedisk, substantially as specified.

2. A jar or bottle closure consisting of a disk having two slitsextending inwardly from the edge of the disk at one side of the same,and a compressible looped cord passing through said slits, the bight ofthe cord bearing on the under side of the disk at the inner end of thetongue formed by the slits and adjacent to the edge of the disk,substantially as specified.

3. A jar or bottle closure consisting of a disk having two slitsextendinginwardly from the edge of the disk at one side of the same andconverging from the edge of the disk so as to form a tongue narrowingtoward its base,

and a looped cord passing through said slits, the bight of the cordbearing on the under side of the disk at the inner end of the tongueformed by the slits and adjacent to the edge of the disk, substantiallyas specified.

4:. A jar or bottle closure consisting of a disk having one or moreslits extending inwardly from the edge of the same, and beveled so thatone wall of the slit overlaps the other, and a cord passing through theslit and having on the under side of the disk a bearing upon theunder-lapping portion of the same, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. v

FRANK TYSON.

WVitn'esses:

F. E. BECHTOLD, Jos. H. KLEIN.

